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The 4 South Col Bodies are Not from this Year

Nepal said on Thursday that four bodies found in tents at the highest camp on Mount Everest were not of mountaineers from this year's climbing season.

The 4 South Col Bodies are Not from this Year

Sherpa Summits Mount Everest 21 times

A 47-year-old Nepalese Sherpa on Saturday made history by becoming the third climber to scale Mount Everest for a record 21 times.

Sherpa Summits Mount Everest 21 times

Climber Summits Everest Twice in 1 Week Without 02

Kilian Jornet, a Spanish climber claims to have raced up Mount Everest twice in one week without using supplemental oxygen or fixed ropes.

Climber Summits Everest Twice in 1 Week Without 02

Retrieving Bodies Off Mount Everest

“It is just not worth the risk,” said Ang Tshering of the Nepal Mountaineering Association. “To get one body off of the mountain, they are risking the lives of 10 more people.”

Retrieving Bodies Off Mount Everest

New Poll Question

I have added a new poll question for the month of June.

Where do you think Mallory and Irvine's other oxygen cylinders are?

Please take your vote at Mount Everest The British Story

Results from last months question

Should the Sherpas be entitled to ‘Summit Certificates’ if they summit Mount Everest and other mountains?

Yes of course they should be 95%
No 3%
Not sure 2%

Criticised For Not Helping Dying Climbers

The first Hong Kong woman to scale Mount Everest has defended her decision to carry on up the mountain without helping dying climbers, in the face of online criticism.

Criticised For Not Helping Dying Climbers

British Terminal Cancer Patient Climbs Everest

A terminal cancer patient who has been told he has just months to live has climbed Mount Everest. Ian Toothill said he believes he is the first cancer patient to scale the world's highest mountain.

British Terminal Cancer Patient Climbs Everest

Foreigners Banned from Everest in Autumn

China will bar foreigners from climbing the Tibetan side of Mount Everest during the coming autumn season after a Polish traveller was accused of illegally crossing into Nepal last month.

Foreigners Banned from Everest in Autumn

Climbers Gallery

The Climbers Gallery has been updated with a photograph of British climber Mollie Hughes with Lhakpa Wongchu on the 16th May 2017.

Climbers Gallery

James Brooman Interview

James Brooman, a British climber who summitted Mount Everest in May 2017 without 02 has kindly done an interview for this site.

James Brooman Interview

Climbers Gallery

The Climbers Gallery has been updated with a photograph of British climber James Brooman on the summit of Mount Everest on the 25th May 2017.

Climbers Gallery

Illegal Everest Climber Deported

Department of Immigration said it would deport a Polish climber who illegally entered Nepal by crossing from Tibet at the summit of Mount Everest.

Illegal Everest Climber Deported

2017 Mount Everest Facts

I have up dated the Mount Everest Facts page with some interesting facts from the 2017 climbing season.

2017 Mount Everest Facts

To Measure Mount Everest will take 2 years

After the doubts that the 2015 earthquake may have affected the actual height Mount Everest, the Nepal government is going to spend a couple of years measuring the world's tallest mountain.

To Measure Mount Everest will take 2 years